Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at STONECREST MEDICAL CENTER

200 StoneCrest Blvd, Smyrna, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1992776405

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$404.58

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$404.58

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$8.65 with BCBS vs $372.21 with Beech Street — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS TENNCARE $8.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS COVERKIDS $9.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueCare $17.86 ↓ -96%
United HeritageSelect $33.84 ↓ -92%
United CorePayer $33.84 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -92%
BCBS NetworkP $40.08 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $49.22 ↓ -88%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.22 ↓ -88%
Bright Health HIX $68.78 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $74.04 ↓ -82%
Kentucky Labor Cabinet WORKERSCOMP $74.48 ↓ -82%
NHC Advantage, Inc. MCRHMO $76.87 ↓ -81%
Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) MCR $76.87 ↓ -81%
Apex Health MCR $76.87 ↓ -81%
Ambetter CORE $90.22 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $91.24 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Select $93.86 ↓ -77%
Bright Health SmallGroup $97.10 ↓ -76%
Humana TRICARE $101.14 ↓ -75%
Cigna OAP $103.62 ↓ -74%
Humana BroadNetwork $105.36 ↓ -74%
Humana NarrowExchangeNetwork $105.36 ↓ -74%
Humana HumanaChoiceCare $105.36 ↓ -74%
Humana HumanaChoice $105.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $131.89 ↓ -67%
United OptionsPPO $146.46 ↓ -64%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $182.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna NAP $202.29 ↓ -50%
BGFH SingleSource DIRECTNETWORK $202.29 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network COMM $283.21 ↓ -30%
Odom's TN Pride Sausage WORKERSCOMP $303.44 ↓ -25%
BGFH SingleSource LEASEDNETWORK $343.89 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMM $364.12 ↓ -10%
Beech Street COMM $372.21 ↓ -8%

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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $80.81 $9.20 – $191.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $6.18 – $71.68
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $115.48 $9.20 – $191.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $51.45 $7.17 – $75.98
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $28.98 $6.18 – $138.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $28.98 $8.45 – $138.36

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